Combined shoe polish applicator, hand dauber, and brush



June 5, 1951 SCHWARTZ 2,556,112

COMBINED SHOE POLISH APPLICATOR, HAND DAUBER AND BRUSH Filed Jan. 18, 1950 FIG? INVENTOR. HARRY M. SCHWARTZ ATTORNEY Patented June 5, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED, snort, POLISH .AEPLIGATDR, HAND DAUBER, AND BRUSH This invention relates in general to improvements in hand brushes for polishing shoes, and more particularly to a hand operated combination shoe brush and polisher and fountain-fed shoe polish applicator and dauber for shoes. I

An object of the invention is the provision of a shoe polishing set whereby, when once grasped in the hand, a person may apply polish to a dauber, spread the polish over a shoe with the dauber, and then brush the so daubed polish on a shoe to polish the same, at will, all in one grasp of the brush or polisher, thus eliminating the necessity of repeated operations of applying polish from a separate container therefor to a cloth or other dauber, repeated applications of the latter to a shoe, and thence brushing the shoe with a separate brush.

A further object of the invention is to provide a polishing set in which all the essentials for polishing a shoe are contained in one unit, and in a way that avoids smudging of the persons hands, or opening of polish containers, by a personin the course of shining shoes.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a combined fountain fed shoe polish hand dauber and polisher for shoes in which the polishing pad of the "polisher is kept free of contact with the shoe during feed of polish to,-and the spreading of the polish by the dauber; and in which the daubing surface'is' clear of the shoe during brushing andpolishing of the shoe, thus avoiding application of polish tothe brushed surface of the shoe during brushing, as well as also avoidingsmudging of the polishing pad'with polish.

Accordingly, the present invention providesfor the above purpose, a polisher set havinga-main body portion in the form of the counterpart of a conventional hand brush or polisher for shoes, the upper portion constituting the back fort-he brush and providing a handle for grasping in the hand of a person during brushing or polishing a shoe, and the lower portion being constituted of a pad in the form of bristles, felt, chamois, orthe like, for brushing and polishing shoes.

At one end of the main bodyportion there is provided an upwardly and outwardly inclined extension in the form of a dauber head. The dauber head is provided in its upper part with a receptacle for polish preferably in'liquidform, together with a removable lid for access tothe interior of the receptacle through its top, While on its lower face the dauber head'is provided with a daubing surface. A fountain feed mechanism is provided within the head for feeding polish from the receptacle to thedaubing surface, so that controlled amounts of polish-may be automatically discharged from the receptacle to the daubing surface whenever the daub er pad is pressed more firmly on a shoe than is normally done in spreading polish over a shoe byn eans of the daubing surface.

In one form of the invention a removable closed container is provided for insertion in the receptacle, in order to providefor easy renewal of the supply of liquid polish to the receptacle in the head. In such case the fountain feed mechanism is arranged to automatically feed liquid polish from the interior of the closed container,

With the foregoing arrangement itwillbe noted that a reserve supply of polish, preferably in liquidform, may be provided in the set, and auto-.- matically fed to a dauberin controlled amounts, spread thereby over the surface of a ,ShQQ and the shoe then polished, Without thehands pf a person ever coming in contact with the polish, or requiring more than a singlegrasping of the, bane dle of the brush in order ,to apply, spread, and polish a shoe, by the hand of a person inmanually shining shoes. p

In so doing, it will be noted that when brushing the shoe the brushed portions of :the shoe are not re-daubed with polish by the dauberdn the course of polishing, and indaubingtheshoe with the daubenthedaubed parts are not brushed by the polishing element of the brush in ,the course ofdaubing, thus k e i g the brush free of excess polish during the daubing of a shoe and avoiding Waste of polish during the brush-ingzof a shoeiby the polishing ,pad of the brush. For this purpose it-sufiicessto h ve thedauber head inclined relative to the brush, at an angle of about 15, whereby each lower brusher dauber surface clearsthe shoe surface when the other is beingapplied to a shoefor its intended purpose.

vertical lon itudinal cross -sectionon the line 2+2 f Figure ,1;

.Eigure 31 isa transverse vertical crossssectional view taken on the line 33of Figure 1;

,Eigure 141s asectional view of amodified form 'of polish container.

To illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention, there is shown on the drawing a hand operated shoe brush l comprising a horizontally elongated, narrow, and generally rectangular, brush back I I with a brushing pad l2. The brush back l0 forms the handle to be grasped in the 7 hand by a person in operating the brush and has integrally formed therewith at one end of the handle a dauber head 13, which is arranged in the form of an upwardly inclined extension of the back, at an angle of about to the horizontal of the back II.

The dauber head is provided with a daubin pad i l on its lower surface, and a receptacle E5 in its upper part for holding a reserve supply of polish, for supply tolthe pad M. The receptacle is open at its top and is provided with a lid 16 pivotally mounted at I! for access to the interior 7 vided by the brush back H, than is normally done by the hand when moving the daubing surface It over the surface of a shoe in spreading the'polish thereon.

In the form shown, the fountain feed mechanism comprises a duct 20 leading from the bottom of'the receptacle [5 to the bottom of the dauber head, a valve 2| seating on the mouth 22 of the duct 20 in the receptacle, resilient means 23 in the form of a spring engaging the top of the receptacle and the valve 2|, for normally urgingthe valve in seating relation, and a valve stem 2d extending from the valve through the duct 26 to a region beyond the base of the dauber head, but terminating above the lower surface of the dauber pad, so that upon pressure of the end of the stem 24 on a shoe, the stem 24 is retracted against the action of the spring 23 and unseats the valve 2! whereupon polish, in the receptacle i5 flows therefrom through the duct 20 to the region'of the pad 14.

For convenience, and economy in manufacture afsingle strip 25 of material is used to form both the polishing pad I2 and the dauber pad I4, the strip 25 being secured as by means of glue, or other fastening means to base of the brush back it and the base of the dauber head i3. This strip 2;"; may be felt, chamois, and the like or hair bristles may be employed in place of the other conventional pad material.

The daubing pad portion 14 is provided with a duct 26 in registry with the duct 20 for easy penetration of the end of the stem 24 and of the polish to the outer surface of the daubing pad I4.

In the preferred form of the invention, the

polish, especially when in liquid form, is filled into the receptacle IS in the formof a closed container 27 which may be readily inserted in the receptacle l5, removed and replaced by another in renewing the supply of polish for the receptacle !5. In such case, the container 21 is provided with, a removable lid 28 and an aperture 29 in registry withthe duct 20 where the latter opens into the receptacle l5, and the spring 23 and valve 2! are then both contained within the container'21 so that the valve 2| may seal off the aperture 29 under the action of the spring 23. In such case the spring abuts the lid 28 and the stem 2% projects from the valve 2| through the container aperture 29, thence through the duct 20 leading from the receptacle IE, to the duct 26 in the daubing pad l4.

However, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited in all its aspects to the specific form of fountain feed mechanism thus shown and described, but that other conventional forms of fountain feed mechanisms may be used which employ the principle of pressure to automatically feed liquid or other material in controlled amounts. I

As shown the brush back It and dauber head it are formed of wood, but they may be formed of other material, such as plastic, metal, or other suitable solid backing material.

In operation, lid I6 is swung on its pivot l1 and a container 21 filled with liquid shoe polish inserted in the receptacle l5 with the stem 24 projecting through the ducts 20, 26, whereupon lid i6 is closed and fastened at l8.

With theperson holding the brush by grasping the back I l in the hand, the brush IE3 is tilted to press the dauber pad [4 firmly on different parts of a shoe, thus pressing the stem 26 inwards against the spring 23 in the container 21 and'unseating the valve 2|.

Upon so doing, liquid polish flows from the container 2'! through the duct 20 and out onto the surface of 'the shoe and, daubing pad 14 through the duct 26 in the pad l4.

Then the pressure of the hand is lessened and the brush handle H moved'in a manner to operate the dauber head [3 in the conventional manner for spreading the polish on the shoe, after which the handle I l is lowered to bring the brush pad 62 into position for brushing, thus raising the dauber pad I4 away from the shoe surface, I

However, the invention is notlimited in all its aspects to the use of such replaceable containers 2?. rectly in the'receptacle l5, and other forms of fountain feed mechanisms [9 used for feeding polish automatically to the, dauber pad I4 under firm pressure of the pad i4 onto a shoe by means of the hand of a person grasping the brush back ll.

Hence, it will be understood that the invention as hereinabove set forth is embodied in a particular form of construction but may be variously embodied within the scope of the following claims. Figure 4 is a modification in which an aperture 29 is in a top 23, and the spring abuts a container 2i proper, stem 24 passing through the aperture to project through ducts 20, 26.

. 1. A combined shoe polish' applicator and polisher brush comprising: a hand brush comprising a brush back providing a handle to be grasped in the hand, and a polishing pad at the base of the back; 'a dauber head integral-with and forming an extension of said brush back; a dauber pad at the base of the dauber head integral with said polishing pad; a receptacle for polish in the upper part of the head having a removable lid,

and a discharge aperture in'the bottom of said receptacle; an opening providing a duct in' said Instead, the polish may be contained di- 5 sociated with saiddauber head, said fountain feed mechanism including a valve in said receptacle controlling the flow of polish through said discharge aperture, resilient means in said receptacle normally urging said valve to closed position, said valve including actuating means therefor projecting through said aperture and into said duct in said dauber pad, said actuating means terminating above the base of said dauber pad within said duct, whereby controlled amounts of polish may be automatically fed from the receptacle reservoir to the'region of the dauber pad upon pressure of the dauber pad onto a shoe by the hand of a person grasping the brush back,

for the purpose of feeding polish onto the shoe;

and said dauber head and its pad being arranged at an angle to the brush back and its pad, whereby each lower brush or dauber surface clears the shoe surface when the other is applied to the shoe for its intended purpose.

2. A combined shoepolish applicator and polisher brush comprising: a hand brush comprising a brush back providing a handle to be grasped in the hand, and a polishing pad at the base of the back; a dauber head integral with and forming an extension of said brush back; a dauber pad at the base of the dauber head integral with said polishing pad; a receptacle for polish in the upper part of the head having a removable lid and a discharge aperture in the bottom of said receptacle; an opening providing a duct in said dauber pad in communication with said aperture; and fountain feed mechanism cooperatively associated with said dauber head, said fountain feed mechanism comprising a closed container for liquid polish removably positioned in said receptacle, said container having an outlet aperture therein in registry with said dis- 6 charge aperture, a valve in said container controlling the fiow of polish through said outlet aperture, resilient means in said container normally urging said valve to closed position, said valve including actuating means therefor projectingthrough said outlet aperture and said discharge aperture into said duct in said dauber pad,

said actuating means terminating above the base of said dauber pad within said duct, whereby controlled amounts of polish may be automatically fed to the region of the dauber pad upon pressure of the dauber pad onto a shoe by the hand ofa person grasping the brush back for the purpose of feeding polish onto the shoe; and said dauber head and its pad being arranged at an angle to the brush back and its pad, whereby each lower brush or dauber surface clears the shoe surface when the other is being applied to the shoe for its intended purpose.

HARRY M. SCHWARTZ.

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